John B. Romar

John B. Romar (died 1901) was Mayor of Jersey City from 5 May 1862 to 1 May 1864, succeeding Cornelius Van Vorst and preceding Orestes Cleveland.

Biography
John B. Romar became the Democratic mayor of Jersey City in 1862, and, during the American Civil War, he secured a $6 monthly allowance to the families of every US Army volunteer in the war, personally collecting and distributing the funds. In 1877, he was defeated in his run for alderman, and he died in 1901.